Jack Poet Loves You, by The Firesign Theatre

Jack Poet Loves You

by The Firesign Theatre

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Brian Parker Great collection of Firesign adverts, which was always at the core of their comedy.

I like to play my collection on shuffle, and this is a great way to have Firesign pop up now and again. I’d also recommend “Drop Ins” for the same reason.

19mikeivom54 'tis all true: i have been hooked and cooked since 1969 - gotta keep me feet grounded; one on this rock, and the other in the the firesign theatre's life of my stories. it's all too true.

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2.	Meal in a Glass 00:55	buy track
3.	Day for Night 00:58	buy track
4.	Little Flower Shoppe 00:57	buy track
5.	Snuffy Rodriguez 00:56	buy track
6.	Secret Microphone 00:56	buy track
7.	Two-Legged Action Slacks 00:36	buy track
8.	The Lower Half of Your Body 00:37	buy track
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10.	Join the In Seam 00:19	buy track
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12.	Store Near You 00:18	buy track
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18.	The Beetles 01:04	buy track
19.	The Lone Wrangler 01:03	buy track
20.	...nd of the World 01:05	buy track
21.	Captain Equinox 01:01	buy track
22.	Subterranean Penthouse 01:06	buy track
23.	Army Navy Classic 01:04	buy track
24.	The Aboriginal Amateur Hour 01:05	buy track
25.	Breakfast with the Brunts 01:05	buy track
26.	Hollywood Skyscraper 01:05	buy track
27.	Floor of the House 00:57	buy track
28.	Contest History 00:57	buy track
29.	Story Lady 00:57	buy track
30.	Big and Tough 00:58	buy track
31.	Sounds Like It’s Somewhere 00:54	buy track
32.	New Grateful Dead Thing 00:51	buy track
33.	Rate the Record 00:50	buy track
34.	That Which I’m Speaking Of 00:52	buy track
35.	Your Psychedelic Grandchildren 00:48	buy track
36.	Magenta Marmalade 00:49	buy track
37.	Remain Anonymous 00:53	buy track
38.	Nifty New Teenage Album 01:00	buy track
39.	Heavy on Your Head 00:52	buy track
40.	Decency Legionnaire 01:00	buy track
41.	Imaginary Census 00:52	buy track
42.	Poison Gingerbread 00:53	buy track
43.	A Whole Mouthful 00:50	buy track
44.	Publicity Stunt 02:14	buy track
45.	Roll Over and Play Live 01:02	buy track
46.	Tapesmanship 00:50	buy track
47.	Good Beer Blimp 00:52	buy track
48.	Sgt. Preston 00:51	buy track
49.	Father 00:50	buy track
50.	Professor 00:54	buy track
51.	Nowhere Chick 00:50	buy track
52.	Fleshworms 00:55	buy track
53.	The Firesign Theatre Hype Machine Demo 11:43	buy track
54.	The Music 00:47	buy track
55.	Phone Booth 00:50	buy track
56.	Fare Quiz 00:44	buy track
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59.	Dare To Be Rich 00:56	buy track
60.	Crusty Calculations 01:00	buy track
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62.	Priceless Pizza 00:59	buy track
63.	Pizza Heaven 00:59	buy track
64.	Diner 01:00	buy track
65.	Bill 01:03	buy track
66.	Traffic 01:00	buy track

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Americans! Ask yourself these question: is your favorite Firesign era the pass-the-lord-and-praise-the-ammunition moment of total glee that is their 1969 single, shooting the Aboriginal Amateur Hour and Captain Equinox into your ears like so many Dada bullets?
Much of that material first assaulted radio listeners in the form of ads for Jack Poet Volkswagen in Highland Park. He was just off the Avenue 60 exit of the Pasadena Freeway! And Jack, a real VW dealer who knew Firesign from The Farm, hired the boys to write and perform a series of radio ads, which led to a series of notorious TV ads, which led to Jack losing his franchise when VW Corporate found out!

And that's just part of the surrealist cornucopia in this collection of spots, 1968-2000, collecting 72 minutes of real Firesign ads from the golden age of WTF radio advertising in the Sixties to the Me-Me-Dollar-Dollar era of the Eighties straight through to the Millennium-oid year 2000.

Hear Firesign daringly bring their "Funny with a Capital Horse-Leech" approach to comedy to ad campaigns for corporations with no sense of humor! Stand amazed as a major record label hooks the public on the aleatoric noise-poem from the Grateful Dead's "AOXOMOXOA" by getting a 16-year-old girl to say it's got a good beat she can dance to! Listen as a fast-food giant from the 1990s uses the cast of "Nick Danger" to sell pizza with the cheese INSIDE THE CRUST!

It's truly beyond belief. Almost completely unheard since they originally aired, the ads in this collection are accompanied by a 36-page PDF with historical essays by Ronnie Schreiber, Andy Zax, and our own David Ossman, plus additional archival eye candy from the vaults AND your very own Captain Equinox decoder wheel for breaking this week's cipher! Part of this nutritious breakfast. (See the nutritious breakfast? You will, baby, you will!)

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released February 6, 2024

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The Firesign Theatre Los Angeles, California

The Firesign Theatre emerged from Radio Free Oz, a Los Angeles underground radio program, in 1966. Over five decades they released over two dozen comedy albums and ten books of plays. Their album "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers" was inducted into the Library of Congress recording registry in 2005. ... more

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